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Sept. 1, 1942. R. LASKER PRINTED ARTICLE Filed May 1941 .aiillllllfl 'ZMINVENTOR, BY 10M 1% "Patented Sept. 1, 1942 UNITED STATE PATENT OFF-ICEPRINTED ARTICLE Richard Lasker, Jackson'Heights, N. Y., assignor toMilprint Incorporated, Milwaukee, Wis., a

corporation of Delaware Application May 20, 1941, Serial No. 394,247

' 4 Claims. (Cl. 35--53) erably printed on the inner face of therespective section., The panels of each pair are of identical size andshape and these panels are located so that they coincide when the innerfaces of said sections are in abutting relation. Each pair of panelscorresponds to different view of the same article.

Another object of the invention is to provide the inner face of eachpanel with a solid backing of opaque and light-reflecting material.

Other objects of the invention will be set forth in the annexeddescription and drawing which illustrates a preferred embodimentthereof.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the base sheet folded so as toprovide respective sections, these sections being shown slightlyseparated from each other in this view, in order to show the detailsmore clearly.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1.

The base sheet is folded along the fold line 3,

' in order to provide identical sections l and 2. Said base sheet ismade of glassine'paper or cellulose acetate or Cellophane or othersuitable light-permeable material which is preferably transparent,although it may be translucent.

The inner face of the section is printed'in any well-known manner toprovide a picture A which is located in a panel of said section I, andthe rear face, of said printed representationA is provided with acontinuous backing S of opaque and light-reflecting material. Thepictorial representation A may be printed in one or more colors and thecomposition which is used for printing the backing A of said picture Amay contain aluminum powder or the like, so as to provide a continuousand opaque backing S of light-reflecting material. The picture A isfirst printed, and the backing S is then applied by printing thecomposition thereof on the back of the picture A.

The section 2 is printed so as to'provide a picthe line 3-3 of ture B ina panel of the inner face of said section 2, and said picture B is alsoprovided with a material of said sections.

continuous .backingS of solid and opaque and light-reflecting material.When the sections I and 2 are held parallel with each other in the sameplane, thepictures A and B are readily visible by reflection through thelight-permeable Said pictures correspond to different views of the sameobject. In the specific embodiment shown, the picture Billustrates aportion; of a mattress, and the picture A' illustrates the outercovering of said mattress partially broken away, in order to show thefilling of the mattress. In this case the filling consists of a seriesof resilient members.

When the sections are located as shown in Fig.

4, so that their inner facesabut each other,. the

pictures A and B are respectively visible when the abutting sections land 2 are turned first to one side and then to th other side. Thethickness, of the printed layers which are shown in Fig. 4 is greatlyexaggerated, as in actual practice said printed layers are extremelythin.

'An improved printed sheet of the type disclosed can be used as anadvertising sheet. as for a. book, or as an insert of abook, and. formany other purposes. The free edges of the sections 1 and 2 are boundtogether in the binding of the book, thus providing a folded leaf. Whenthis folded leaf is first viewed on one side, and then on the otherside, the coincident panels of each pair provide different views of thesame object. The opaque and light-reflecting continuous backing S@prevents either picture of a respective pair of pictures, from beingseen through the other section. Said folded leaf may have any number ofpairs of, panels. Since each section is printed on its inner face, theprinted composition is protected against" rubbing or the like, when thesheet is folded.

The folding of the transparent sheet prevents the sections from shiftinglaterally relative to,

each otherwhen the inner faces of said sections abut each other. Othermeans may be employed for preventing such lateral shifting.

.The layer S of opaque and light-reflecting material is animportantfeature of the invention. The use of this layer makes itunnecessary to print continuous and opaque pictures A and B.

These pictures may be line pictures, or discontinuous pictures of anytype, becausethe backing S makes it impossible to see one picturethrough the other-picture. It is likewise unnecessary to print v thepictures A and B with opaque ink. The lightopaque backing S has a sharpcolor contrast with the pictures A and B. For example, said pictures canbe printed in blue and the backing Smay having a color which isdiiferent from the color of the respective picture. v V

2. In combination, a sheet of light-permeable material which is foldedinto two sections, each said section having a picture imprinted whollyon the inner face of said section, each said picture having a continuousand opaque and lightrefiecting coating on the inner exposed face of saidpicture, said pictures being substantially superposed when the innerfaces of said sections are in contact, the color of each saidlight-reflecting coating being different from the color of saidpictures.

3. A device according to claim 2 in which said pictures are differentviews of the same object.

4. In combination, a sheet of light-permeable material which is foldedinto two sections, each said section having a picture imprinted whollyon the inner face of said section, each said picture having a continuousand opaque and lightreflecting coating on the inner exposed face of saidpicture, said pictures being substantially superposed when the innerfaces of said sections are in contact, the color of each saidlight-reflecting coating being different from the color of saidpictures, at least one of said pictures being discontinuous.

RICHARD LASKER.

